...if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.

John Paul II Love and Responsibility (1960), Chapter 2 Verified source · How we source quotes
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Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II, wrote this in Love and Responsibility, published in 1960 while he was a bishop in Kraków. He describes love between man and woman as a longing for the whole person rather than mere sensual desire, and warns that when desire takes over, it can distort that love and rob both people of it.

Source: Love and Responsibility (1960), Chapter 2

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